Alburtis Area Man Admits Tax Evasion

An Alburtis area plumber and sewer contractor yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of tax evasion for 1979 and 1980.

Walter G. Kuronyi, 39, of Brookdale Road, Alburtis R.2, entered the pleas before U.S. District Court Judge J. William Ditter in Philadelphia.

Ditter scheduled sentencing for 9:30 a.m. July 1.

Kuronyi, who is free on $5,000 recognizance bail, faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine on each count.

He was indicted in April on charges he intentionally omitted income from his tax returns for 1979 and 1980, according to an Internal Revenue Service spokesman.

Kuronyi reported taxable income of $16,371 for 1979 and $44,861 for 1980, the IRS spokesman said.

The IRS said Kuronyi had taxable income of $39,404 in 1979 and $98,880 in 1980 and owes $5,579 in additional tax for 1979 as a result of the criminal charges and $19,705 for 1980.

Kuronyi claimed he had additional expenses that would have reduced his unreported income, the IRS spokesman said. However, he said an investigation of Kuronyi's bank accounts showed an "unexplained increase" in the accounts from Dec.31, 1978, to Dec. 31, 1981.

Kuronyi had $7,506 in bank accounts at the end of 1978 and $99,084 at the end of 1981.

The spokesman said that $31,989 of the 1981 balance was from another source of income that Kuronyi had reported.

The $59,589 "unexplained increase" in the account corroborated the prosecution's contention that Kuronyi had unreported income, the spokesman said.